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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="7-506" title_number="7" title_name="Property Tax Exemptions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="County Exemptions -- Optional; Payments in Lieu of Taxes">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “service facilities” includes nondwelling commercial and community facilities, community rooms, dining halls, and infirmaries.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In this subsection, “urban renewal area”:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>means an urban renewal project that is acquired and disposed of by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City under the Baltimore City Charter, Article II(15); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>does not include the Madison Park North, the Madison Park South, and the Mount Vernon projects.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Real property is exempt from Baltimore City property tax if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the real property is located in an urban renewal area;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the real property is owned by a person engaged in constructing and operating housing structures or projects; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the real property is used for a housing structure or project that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>is substantially constructed or rehabilitated on and after July 1, 1973; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is governmentally controlled as to rents, charges, rates of return, and methods of operation so that the real property operates on a nonprofit or limited distribution basis; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the owner of the real property and the Baltimore City Board of Estimates agree on the payment that the owner shall make to Baltimore City in lieu of Baltimore City property taxes.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>If the structure and facilities of the property are used predominantly for residential purposes, the real property may contain service facilities to serve its occupants and the surrounding neighborhood.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Real property described in subsection (a) of this section is exempt from Baltimore City property tax as the parties agree under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Subject to § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, annually on or before February 1, Baltimore City shall report to the General Assembly on the effect and operation of all agreements adopted during the previous year under this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
